“Disappointment proves that expectations were mistaken.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Eighth Selection (1991)
Tag: Mason Cooley
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“People who expect deference resent mere civility.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Seventh Selection (1990)
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“People often are unsure whether or not they are in love, but they generally know whether or not they are having sex.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Seventh Selection (1990)
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“Being charming takes time and effort, and I am busy.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Seventh Selection (1990)
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“Memory is imagination pinned down.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
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“Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
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“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
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“Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
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“I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
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“The lazy manage to keep up with the earth’s rotation just as well as the industrious.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Fifth Selection (1988)